Icelander
(ˈaɪsləndə(r))
[f. prec. + -er1 1. Cf. Da. Islænder, G. Eisländer.]
1. An inhabitant or native of Iceland.
| 1613 Purchas Pilgrimage (1614) 744 Arngrin Jonas an Islander. 1674 tr. Martiniere's Voy. N. Countries title-p., A Description of the Manners [etc.] of the Norwegians, Laponians..and Islanders. 1742 Blair Grave 491 The shivering Icelander. 1876 Bancroft Hist. U.S. I. i. 8 The remote discoveries which Icelanders had made in Greenland. |
2. An Icelandic falcon; see gyrfalcon.
| 1828 J. S. Sebright Hawking 44 The Icelander is the largest hawk that is known, and highly esteemed by falconers. |